"KIKIMORA" IS THE SLAVIC GODDESS OF THE HOME; SHE RULES OVER ALL ASPECTS OF HOUSEKEEPING AND THE COOKING. SHE SETS UP HER HOME IN THE BASEMENT OR BEHIND THE STOVE. SHE IS KNOWN IN SOME LOCATIONS AS THE WIFE OF THE HOUSE GOD, DOMOVA. SHE AS ALSO BEEN CALLED THE DEITY OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES

SHE IS KNOWN TO PROVIDE BLESSINGS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE METICULOUS HOMEMAKERS AND KEEP THEIR HOMES CLEAN BUT SHE WILL PUNISH THOSE WHO ARE LAZY WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLD CHORES BY INSTILLING CHAOS IN THE HOME. SHE WILL SCREAM AND WHINE AND STAMP HER CHICKEN FEET, AND SOMETIMES SHE WILL EVEN TICKLE THE CHILDREN AT NIGHT TO KEEP THE HOUSEHOLD AWAKE. SHOULD YOU ANGER HER, BE SURE TO WASH YOUR POTS AND PANS IN FERN TEA. FOR SOME REASON, THIS WILL ALWAYS APPEASE HER.